This will get long and involved and I apologize upfront…the cast of characters:
Medusa
Medusa’s mom – Fran
Medusa’s sister – Auntie Addict
Medusa’s grandmother – Barri
Medusa’s stepmom – Linda
DH
BabyVoice
Auntie Addict’s daughter and BV’s only friend – Laci

Okay here goes – you may remember from the last CS go round with Medusa that she told the Court that she couldn’t pay because her mom was sick and she had to care for her. To prove her point, she included pictures of her mom Fran’s colostomy bag. THAT was nice – said no one ever. DH and I believed that Fran was indeed sick, but DH asked the few Medusa maternal family members he is connected to and no one knew anything.

Last night, I was in the kitchen making dinner when DH walked in from work. He pulls me aside and tells me that he got a text from Linda asking him if he knew that Fran had died. Of course, he did not know this. Linda went on to tell him that Barri was at their house and was on the phone with someone and she was overhearing one side of the conversation. Apparently, Medusa found Fran and that they think she had been dead for at least three days. DH asked if Auntie Addict knew and Linda said no because they are currently not speaking to her.

DH then begins to freak out – “what if Auntie Addict tells Laci and Laci tells BabyVoice and then she wants to go to the funeral?” I told him that he was the parent and could certainly tell BV that it wasn’t possible to attend. I went on to say that at this point, we have no direct knowledge of any of this so there really is no need to do anything at this point.

We sit down to dinner and DH’s phone starts blowing up – yep, it’s Auntie Addict calling and calling and calling…after dinner, I went to help a friend hang some pictures. When I got back, DH told me that Auntie called some more, didn’t leave a message and he didn’t call her back. He asked if I thought he should tell her about Fran….NOPE – no need to insert yourself in family drama that we all know could spin out of control in about two seconds.

This morning, DH tells me that he checked his FB page and saw a post from one of Medusa’s cousins that he is friends with (don’t ask me why, I have no idea) that said “Family emergency – need DH and Auntie Addict to check their messages.” Both DH and Auntie Addict had been tagged. DH checked his messages and the cousin wanted to know if he knew how to get in touch with Medusa – WTF???

So, now we wait to see if any of this filters down to BabyVoice. My guess is that it won’t because Laci has never even met her grandmother (Fran) in the 14 YEARS that she has been alive.
I tell ya, even with her being out of sight out of mind for going on 6 years, the mere mention of her can start my household spinning – lol.